CPF takes down floodlights because of theft
“We decided to take all the remaining lights with the wooden poles down. The solution is to try to get our street lights fixed. We want to assist and find a solution with the street lights.”
The Rowhill CPF has been struggling with intruders in the area stealing the floodlights mounted on wooden poles that they installed themselves.
“We have a very active CPF in our area that was established in 2004. Our concerns have always been street lights. It has been two years now with no hope of the lights being fixed,” said Elzette Jordan, the secretary of the CPF.
Previously, former councillor Ramesh Sheodin and councillor Dean Stone were a tremendous help when it came to the street lights being fixed.
“The street lights were fixed a couple of times but because of the load-shedding that kept on occurring last year, the lights were damaged. We then came up with an alternative plan of getting floodlights across the field that would discourage criminals.
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“We also have cameras outside our houses and with the lights, this helps identify criminals. But now, the lights are being stolen regularly where criminals chop the wooden poles down or bend the wood to take out the lights,” said Willie Jordan, operation director of the CPF.
He said they are in a neighbourhood where they like taking matters into their own hands, which was the reason they raised money to instal new floodlights.
“We raised money through the members where we put together R13 000 and bought about 10 lights to put in our area and it was a success. Everything was fine but the previous year, they chopped them down regularly,” said Jordan.
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They are on good terms with the SAPS and a month ago, two men who admitted to the theft were arrested, but the problem is the crime does not stop.
“We decided to take all the remaining lights with the wooden poles down. The solution is to try to get our street lights fixed. We want to assist and find a solution with the street lights.
“We want to help the municipality and find solutions. We want to find a better way to understand what is the cause of the street lights going off continuously.
“We are willing to help our municipality and come up with solutions. They have been a great help but now it’s been two years without street lights,” said Jordan.
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